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Humans are weird, aren't they?

From taking selfies at the gym to the way we hang out with people we actively dislike during festive periods - the quirks of human nature are all but normal -even to us. But what would aliens make of our modern world if they ended up renting an apartment here?

This was the thought process that led me to create a new Instagram webcomic exploring that very concept.

'Lessons in Humanity' comic strips follow the day-to-day life of Will as he attempts to help his roommate, an alien named Armstrong, unravel the mysteries of human society.

A mix of satirical and silly humor, this funny comic ultimately aims to showcase how mind-boggling human behavior and how bad the problems with society really are if you think about it hard enough. Below is a selection of topics the funny drawings have already touched upon, find more on the comic's official Instagram page.

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Homophobia

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Faith Donovan
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another significant factor in homophobia is that straight men are afraid of gay men treating them the way they treat women....

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Food Production

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guys have to spread the whole field, though. The amount of chemicals they'd get directly on them would be much higher than what they're spraying on each plant, which will also be less than what we'll actually ingest.

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Foreign Aid

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Body Image

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Rafaella Bueno
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, lost of people aren't overweight because they overeat, but because they eat poorly. Heavily processed meals full of calories and sugars are cheaper and easier.

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Generally Good

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Tiny Dynamine
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's emotional abuse when baby animals are taken from their mothers. Torture for both parties, just as it would be if someone took a baby from its mother without needing to.

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Living_Shadow
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you stand back at look at it, humans are some of the worst creatures ever x_x

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Ladislav Pollo
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

maybe, but humans are also only creatures here, who saving another species, helping r******d or old ones, trying save this planet, etc. ...its kind of paradox, you know :)

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Mittens
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my country and i assume we are not alone in this, every easter if you go in "farmer's market" you see hundreds of farmers selling lambs. Some are already dead and cut, some are alive but with their legs tied up, and crying. And if you buy the lamb, they will sacrifice it. I think that is torture for the animal. Also, taking a lamb or any other baby animal from its mother is torture for both the baby and the mother. The time between taking the baby from the mother and the animal being sacrificed is horrible for the animal... They are transported in huge trucks with barely no space and they are scared and cry and then are sacrificed... i think this is all torture for the poor animals...

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Tanner Adams
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please avoid making comments that are incorrect. There is absolutely no torture in these animals unless for a small percentage that is not indicative of the other 99% of the industry. Lambs are weaned from their mothers at an age when they can eat enough to sustain themselves (just like humans). They are then either taken into the breeding stock to live out their lives or to a feed lot to be fed and cared for. They are not abused and are medicated if they become ill. At a certain age they are then taken to a slaughter facility in which they are humanely stunned (they have no idea it is happening). It is against the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter for any sort of mistreatment. https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/humane-methods-slaughter-act

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Mittens
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are right!!! I forgot all of us live in the USA where every animal is humanely slaughtered!

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David Jeu
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We dont have to be perfect, just better than yesterday. Enough with the drama please.

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Антон Христов(Anton Hristoff)
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if humans have to be "generally good" we all need to starve or to become plant eaters, but then we won't be "generally good", because we are eating away the nature and all the plants, which give us air and help us not burn away by uv light. Double standard... sheesh.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We would at least be better than we are now. The animals we keep for meet eat many times more plants than we do. I'm just making up numbers now, but this is the principle: a cow eats 100kg food before it's slaughtered. That meat only feeds 10 people. Then 10kg of crops that could've fed many people now only feeds one. So you see if everyone went vegan there would also be more food, and therefore less starvation. Also being vegan is not about being perfect, it's about being as good as we can.

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Ed Souza
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lamb is delicious... makes my mouth water just thinking about it. as a matter of fact, all meat are delicious. Off to the steak house after work.

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Jimin Lee
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Their not tortured over there in America are they?

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It's called a food chain, or should all meat eating species be destoyed?

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Captain Marvel
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Humans, unlike other animals such as lions and sharks, do not need meat to survive. I learnt that in kindergarten, surely you know that too. We are perfectly capable of surviving on vegetables. Humans just like the taste of meat so they kill innocent creatures, babies, mothers, for their own enjoyment. If you think about it it's extremely wrong. As someone who feels intense love for all animals, including the "useless pests" like ants and mice, I find it very hard to believe that someone can call themselves an animal lover whilst frying bacon for their morning slice of toast.

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Festive Get-Togethers

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Ladislav Pollo
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This opinion is really common in some countries? Because for me is complete normal forget or ignore lot of people from my past...

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Gift Giving

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope, Christmas is about the excitement of searching for presents for my family, wrap them up in the awesomest wrapping paper, decorating the cutest tree and the excitement of watching them open their gift. The happiness that someone loves you, of reliving your childhood memories 😉

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Emotional Honesty

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People are not ready (or willing) to talk to you at a deeper level so you stay in the shallows

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Breakups

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's often the one doing the stabbing who's then got the audacity to ask about still being 'friends'

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The Gym

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah but if you see his arms you can see that he also works on his strength.

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